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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
Q421. Punishment: beheading. Cf. S139.2. Bisk I 674, 776; Sturl I 288, 315, II 44;
Jomsv ch. 52 (36); IngaK ch. 13 in FMS VII 227; Pi6r I 27; Bæring 122 ch. 33;
GunnarK 240-41.
Q421.1. Heads on stakes. Cf. H901.1; P555.2. VilhSj 37 ch. 18; Kongab 20; Saxo
lib. V c. I 13 = Herrm 593, 594. Cf. OlåfTr ch. 50 in Hkr I 355 = ch. 104 in
FMS I 218: Håkon’s and Karkr’s heads in the gallows.
Q421.3. Punishment: cutting throat. Cf. S139.8.
Q422. Punishment: stoning to death (usually because of witchcraft since witches and
magicians are supposed to be invulnerable to weapons). Cf. D2071.0.3. Ldb ch.
306; Eyrb XX 20; GislaS XIX 3; Laxd XXXVII 35, XXXVIII 10; Ham9 25
and Atlam 87 = Vols ch. 40 (38); GrimL 153 ch. 3; ForstVik 399 ch. 6; HålfdB
12-13 ch. 8; JonL in ZDPh XXVI 17; SkåldH 30 ch. 9; Saxo lib. V c. III 23.
Cf. suppl. to OlåfH in FMS V 222.
Q423. Punishment: breaking upon a wheel. Knyti ch. 118.
Q430. Abridgement of freedom as punishment.
Q431. Punishment: banishment (exile). Cf. P12.8. F6stbr ch. 23; MagniisS ch. 29 and
MagnusBl ch. 16 in Hkr III 307, 346; Orkn ch. 92; Sturl I 102, 289; Bisk I 492,
502, 776; HrolfG 52 ch. 31 (FAS III 151); In6r II 173-79; Villif 23 ch. 12. Cf.
Dehmer 77 ff. »utilegumannasogur«; etc.
Q431.5. Banishment for seduction.
Q431.5.1. Banishment for attempted seduction. Herv in FAS I 458.
Q431.5.2. Banishment for abduction of bride (giri). Njåla LXXXVII 41; Fær ch. 16;
Vilm 150-51 ch. 6-7.
Q431.5.4.* Banishment for wooing. ForstVlk 384 ch. 1.
Q431.9. Banishment for murder. Ldb ch. 261-62 (cf. Q431.13); Njåla LXXXVII 41;
EirlkR ch. 1-2; Vols ch. 1; Herv 36, 116 (FAS I 446); Bosa 8, 80 ch. 3, 5 (ib.
III 197); GHrolf 252-53 ch. 6; ÅnB 342 ch. 5; LorstVik 408-09 ch. 10; SigrgFr
43 ch. 1 ff.; Vilm 151 ch. 7; AtlaO 5 ch. 4; VestfjGr 168.
Q431.10. Banishment for assault on king’s tax-collectors. Yngv 4.
Q431.13. Banishment for desecration of holy places. Ldb ch. 38, 261-62: »vargr 1
véum«; Floam ch. 6; OlåfTr ch. 142 in FMS I 285; Stefnis b. ForgiIssonar in
Flb I 286-87 (Fjl'sl 307-08); Vols ch. 1; Fridbj V 5, X 7 (FAS II 71, 89).
Q431.14. Berserks (cf. F610.3) banished because of defeat. HrolfKr 39 ch. 14 (FAS
I ch. 19).
Q433. Punishment: imprisonment. Cf. M372; R41. PorvV in FMS I 257-59; Bosa
14, 98 ch. 5, 8 (FAS III 201); t>i6r I 258-67; SigFot 1005-06; Amb 156 ch. 30
(29); Kéngab 18-20. Etc.
Q433.10. Earl hunting in the king's forest imprisoned. t>i5r II 141-47.
Q433.ll. Undesired suitor's messengers imprisoned. t>i6r I 50, 52, II 73, 77.
Q433.13. War prisoners shut up between stones. SturlSt 625 ch. 17.
Q434. Punishment: fettering. Cf. RI 11.2.3.
Q434.2. War prisoners fettered. Vols ch. 39 (37); B6sa 14, 98-99 ch. 5, 8; GHrolf
270-71 ch. 13; t>i<3r I 258-60; FloresS XVIII 5-6, XIX-XXII; Amb 30 ch. 7. Etc.
Q434.2.1.* War prisoners fettered with chains on their feet, bowstrings on their hånds
OOdd 108-09 (ch. XXXII 5; FAS II 224-25, 536); I>orstVlk 399, 456-57 ch. 7,
25; Sigb 186 ch. 30.